Bethune boards ‘Metamorphosis’

Thriller takes teen tack on Kafka classic

Patricia Bethune (“Mad Men”) has joined the cast of indie thriller “Metamorphosis,” a project inspired by Franz Kafka’s novel.

Isotropic Films is planning to begin production in Los Angeles in late July with David Yohe directing from a script he co-wrote with Jason Goldberg. Jeff Laub, Nicole Castro, Cory Bird and Wade Miller are producing with Goldberg, Yohe, Tara Kleinpeter and Thom Spitler exec producing.

The “Metamorphosis” pic focuses on a 17-year-old who wakes up one morning to an inexplicable illness that transforms him into a hideous, human-sized cockroach. His parents come home to discover him afraid and hiding from his new form and are now faced with the decision of accepting a monster in their suburban home or exterminating their own son.